ORP Gen. K. Pułaski

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ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski
History
Poland
NameORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski
Ordered27 February 1976
Laid down17 July 1978
Launched24 March 1979
Commissioned25 June 2000
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Displacement3,650
Length135.6 m (444 ft 11 in)
Beam13.7 m (44 ft 11 in)
Draft5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Speed29 knots (54 km/h/33 mph)
Complement215 (17 officers and 198 enlisted)
Armament
  • 2 × double tube anti-submarine torpedo mounts
  • 1 × 76 mm (3.0 in) Rapid Fire Dual Purpose Gun
  • 1 × Vulcan Phalanx system
  • 1 × Guided missile launching system with Standard surface-to-air missiles
  • Boeing Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles
Aircraft carriedASW Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopter

ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski is one of two Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigates of the Polish Navy. Formerly serving in the United States Navy as USS Clark, after her transfer to Poland she was named for Kazimierz Pułaski, an American Revolutionary War hero in the United States and an independence hero in Poland.

Clark was decommissioned and stricken on 15 March 2000. That same day, she was transferred to Poland. She is propelled by two General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines and two 350 horsepower (261 kW) electric drive auxiliary propulsion units.

She was renamed on 25 June 2000 in a ceremony attended by Madeleine Albright. Commander Marian Ambroziak was the first Polish Commanding Officer. Generał Kazimierz Pułaski is homeported at Gdynia (Oksywie), and has participated in numerous NATO exercises in the Baltic.

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